Podole Voivodeship
| Podole Voivodeship Województwo podolskie Palatinatus Podoliae |
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| Voivodeship of Poland | |||||
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 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. |
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| Capital | Kamieniec Podolski | ||||
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| • | Established | 1434 | |||
| • | Second partition | 1793 | |||
| Area | 17.770 km2(7 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 3 | ||||
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The Podole Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo podolskie, Ukrainian: Подільське воєводство) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, since 1434 until 1793/1795, except for the period of Ottoman occupation (1672–1699) as Podolia Eyalet. During the Turkish occupation the regional council (sejmik) held its sessions first in Halicz (1672-1676), and later in Lwow (1677-1698). Together with the Bracław Voivodeship it formed the region of Podolia, which in the Kingdom of Poland was part of Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. Its capital was in Kamianets-Podilskyi, local sejmiks also took place in this city. The seat of the starosta was at Kamieniec Podolski as well.
The voivodeship was created 1434, out of former Duchy of Podolia, which had become part of the Kingdom of Poland in the second half of the 14th century. After the second partition of Poland (see: Partitions of Poland), it was seized by the Russian Empire, which in 1793 created the Podolia Governorate. Today the region belongs to Ukraine.
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